From staff reports
WHEELING West Virginia Northern Community College has received a nearly $190,000 Opioid-Impacted Family Support Program grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration.
This grant-funded program will expand access to behavioral health services for families impacted by opioids and other substance use disorders. HRSA awarded 28 organizations nearly $12.5 million across the United States. WVNCC was the only organization in West Virginia awarded a grant.
The grant provides stipends and tuition assistance for students enrolled in one of two new programs at WVNCC.
With the grant, the school aims to increase training opportunities for behavioral health paraprofessionals working with families and to provide tuition assistance for participants. Northern will use grant funds, in part, to create two new academic programs focused on substance abuse: Substance Abuse Intervention Specialist and Substance Abuse Intervention Technician. The grant will also cove
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